Weinberg Medical Physics

Our ultra-fast MRIs can provide rapid high-resolution images, and when combined with our low power electropermanent magnets, the system can be installed in dentistry, oncology, and urology practices.

We have applied novel pulsed power abilities, electropermanent magnets, and additive manufacturing techniques to the development of compact clinical MRI system. Clinical trials have demonstrated our ability to generate MRI gradients hundreds of times higher than conventional MRIs without causing discomfort. The high magnetic gradients can also be used to propel nanoparticles to various parts of the body. These nanoparticles could deliver drugs that can treat diseases.

December 19, 2016: In collaboration with researchers at the University of Maryland, WMP presented a poster at the Brain Initiative Investigator Conference in North Bethesda, MD, entitled “Wireless Current Detection Using a Spin-Transfer Nano-Oscillator by Near-Field Induction.”

December 12-16, 2016: A presentation made by Dr. Lamar Mair of WMP to the IEEE EMBS Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology in Medicine (in collaboration with Johns Hopkins scientists), on rapid manufacturing of shape-engineered particles for MRI, reporting on progress made under a grant from the National Institutes of Standards and Technology.

November 1, 2016: WMP spin-off (and licensee) Tesoro Imaging Srl and its collaborators won a $2M European grant to examine the role of WMP-designed ultra-high resolution MRI systems in selectively replacing excisional biopsies.

October 10, 2016: Publication accepted by the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials on biofilm disruption with rotating micro-rods, in order to enhance efficacy of antibiotics (under image-guidance of WMP-designed systems).